It's great when a game is able to have outfits that are not just "sex sells"
Marvel Rivals - Western wear!
Unreal championship 2 - Sword warrior
Marvel Rivals - skull warrior
I literally have no words. What the fuck even is this?
Double down while everyone is running away from live-service, why don't ya.
The only way for Ubi to survive is by getting rid of that so-called "leadership" that only exists in a reality of their own making.
If anyone has paid attention long enough in current media right now you can see why the male gaze is a problem--It's the substitution of a female character's personality for making her look attractive instead. That's not a character trait women always want to see in media. Anyone making excuses for it either just don't understand why it's a problem or has an entitlement issue stemming from watching too many right-wing bigot's rant about modern media.
Let me repeat: it is not bad to have sexy and beautiful people in movies, shows, and games, but if that's their only personality or their sexuality is pushed to the forefront of their character into the audience then that's the time it becomes a problem. Bayonetta for example doesn't feel male gazey because her personality works with her sexualisation, she wants you to lust for her, she's a seductress that will manipulate you into getting what she wants. In the other end of the spectrum is Eve from Stellar Blade that acts stoic but the straight men developers of her game decides to make her ass jiggle with every step she takes and gives her costumes that make her look naked. See the difference?
The only way to actually make this work is to include the male characters in sexualisation, like what Marvel Rivals is doing, to eliminate the unfair treatment, but other than that, the male gaze has no leg to stand on.
This is not a hallucination that feminists are collectively having, this has been a problem that has been happening since the early 2000s. I don't have a problem with people enjoying these things, but to pretend that it's not real or to cry out "misandry" when criticised is disingenuous to the actual issue that plagues the depiction of women in media--which is the unfair sexualisation and objectification.
Btw this is a reminder to have a discussion in the comment section, not just jokes about right wing bigots not getting modern issues. Actually hold discussion so that anyone coming across this post will get something out of it.
Todd
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(Epstein Fury)
Look I know it's the video game industries favorite thing to paint the good old US of A as the villain but the few times we get to see them painted as the good guys it's magical.
Modern Warfare 2 - Shepherd manufactured a war to take down big bad Russia! Finally!
Spec Ops the Line - Not only is America the good guy here but you also get cool visions of what would have happened without their help!